In the Hebrew version, which I disseminated on January 28, I mentioned also the threat of the presence of jihadist rebels – especially the al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra - on the Golan border and the need to avoid a situation in which these groups become a direct threat to Israel, as it happened with the Hamas/Muslim Brothehood movement in the West Bank and Gaza in the 1970s and 1980s.

Jonathan Spyer in his article "The Iran Axis Strikes Back in Golan Region" gives a detailed picture of the rebel and jihadist presence in the Golan area and southern Syria and the dilemma this poses to Israel and the Western supporters of the Syrian opposition.